"The member has the best dog."
Translation:Das Mitglied hat den besten Hund.
3/21/2013, 7:40:15 PM
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bmwx11
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Why wouldn't it be den bestenen? http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa033098.htm
3/21/2013, 7:40:15 PM
myra
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Das Mitglied hat: -den besten Hund (masculine) -die beste Katze (feminine) -das beste Pferd (neuter) -die besten Hunde (plural)
As your link points out, the ending pattern is -en,-e,-e,-en. However these special kinds of adjectives (superlatives) differ from normal adjectives in that they cannot be used as predicates:
correct: Der Hund ist gut. incorrect: Der Hund ist besten/best. correct: Der Hund ist am besten.
3/21/2013, 9:00:48 PM
